Current theory and practice of assessment centers: The importance of trait activation

• Main Authors: LIEVENS, Filip, DE KOSTER, Liesbet, SCHOLLAERT, Eveline
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5803; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6802/viewcontent/trait.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Assessment centers have always had a strong link with practice. This link is so strong that the theoretical basis of the workings of an assessment center is sometimes questioned. In this chapter, we posit that trait activation theory (Tett and Burnett 2003) might be fruitfully used to explain how jo...